Exploring Celtic Mythology: The Morrigan
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- Опубліковано 10 чер 2018
- I think she's meant to have red hair, but a lot of people just give her black hair to go with the crow motif.
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The Morrigan seems less like a goddess, and more like a primordial force, based on her powers.
They are fallen fae spirits, that have deviated from nature.
@@pepsi78 ehhhhh - fallen fae? Fae are just as primordial, neutral forces as deities... Dieties just have cults of worship, typically.
Primordial forces don't feel contempt. Granted everyone and everything in myology seems to pick fights and carry decade old hatreds for small reasons.
@@connorgarst5277 Most fae ARE gods .
@ᚨᛉ Elkwolf Grimwise ᚨᛉ thats far from an objective truth. Im a pagan and i see the gods as living individual entities. They are so far from simple archetypes, they are even more complex then humans
Fun fact. Cu Chulainn tied himself to that standing stone with his own entrails after his guts were already spilled.
wait until he pops his ult
Wait until he pops his noble phantasm
"fun fact" lmao
My favorite Cu Chulainn fact is the first time he Warp spasmed the town calmed him down with the power of boobs (they embarrassed him by having the village girls flash him then the rest of the village dunked him a water barrel)
Mr Meme yh
She is also a goddess of prophecy, and is described as a "warrior and witch"
I love the ambiguity of the Celtic mythologies.
I believe the Morrigan predates the Tuatha de Danan in Ireland. I think the Celts that came in adopted her from the Mesolithic descendants already in Ireland. She is far older than most of the gods and goddesses worshiped in the classical pagan world.
The Morrigan herself is dropping fact bombs...
Do you see any connection between the Morrigan and Santa Muerte?
Didn't the romans say that some gauls would see crows as omens of death? Gauls weren't irish
@@user-ze3tq9hf9i Wouldn’t believe everything the romans wrote...😅 They wrote back to Caesar that Ireland was a rocky wasteland and not to bother with it, (they were terrified of the Irish) Historians/Freemasons will tell you romans were in Ireland because they found coins and Roman jewellery... 😂🤦🏻♂️ All robbed off the Romans across Britain of course after the Irish slaughtered them..😃👍🏻 Irish raiding parties is a large part of what sent them off packing home... An this is just as much an historical opinion as the garbage written back then... Truth be told we’ll never know half of the truth of what went on back then...😐
@@user-ze3tq9hf9i but Gauls WERE Celts.
I'm really enjoying these. I'm Irish and barely received any education on our mythologies. If we did they would be changed to where the characters found God in the end. Probably had something to do with the Catholic church owning all public schools in Ireland. They were notorious for changing local myths and legends to suit them.
DodgerOfSheep If it wasn't for them, the myths wouldn't even exist today.
one example of catholic changing stuff, would be the goddess of healing and poetry Bridget/brigid.
I am surprised the majority of people in Ireland voted against a ban for abortions, considering that The Catholic Church is extremely influential in Ireland. Perhaps its a sign of new times approaching.
Lutece the catholic church has been losing its grasp over Ireland for a couple of decades now. It's nowhere near as influential as it once was and like most countries young people are becoming less and less religious. Many people are outraged by what the catholic church had done in Ireland e.g the magdeline laundry in Tuam.
+BigHouse In what way? Ancient Egyptian, Sumerian and South American creation myths and legends, for example, survived the rise of organised religion without undue alteration. So you might contend without the church, these myths (and the people who believed in them) may have endured to this day.
As an Irish person studying paganism and Celtic deity’s, I was so interested in the morrigan, she seems really interesting and awesome
(Edit) after i made this comment, There was a group of ravens outside my house (There’s a family in the tree) but one of them was sitting in the garden on its own just looking at me, This went on for about 20 seconds till it flew away.
Oh she was looking at you, the Morrigu
She most certainly was. And is just so you're aware. I Have come across more and more people receiving a direct calling from the Morrigan. She's Active and moving and preparing those she claims. If you have the opportunity look up the prophecy she made after the 2nd battle of moytura and compare it to what's going on in the world today.
It was just a crow looking at a weird animal inside a house before flying away.
Once a starting come up next to me, yelled at me, and flew away
Sounds like she’s pleased at you for trying to learn about her.
The Morrigan as a protective deity is a really dark things. She protects you so that you can eventually fafill your destiny
Yes. But if you cross her, she can take away your destiny and ruin you for life.
@@WiccaCentre how to make sure you don’t cross her and stay on her good side?
Please don't overlook non Irish Celtic mythology. Both Scottish and Welsh mythology are interconnected with Irish, and Welsh folklore includes Arthurian Legends. I am not very familiar with Cornish, Manx, and Breton variations of Celtic mythology, and would love to see videos on them. I also think pre-christian Anglo Saxon culture, it's similarities with Norse mythology, and how it affected and mingled with Celtic mythology would be fun to see.
Any suggestions?
The Exploring Series I'm Welsh so I'm gonna be biased and suggest the story of Rhiannon, I always liked that one. But you can have a look into the Mabinogion for other great Welsh stories. Thank you for replying, love the channel.
The Morrigan's prophecy sounds suspiciously like Ragnarok, only further indenting my theory that the Tuatha Dé Danann are the Vanir on Midgard during the Second Cycle of the world.
Evan O'Keeffe Indeed! Manannan mac Lir and Njord are blazing examples, eh?
Agreed but can anybody tell me where I can find the poem she read to make the fomorians scatter into the sea
Nuada - Tyr
Dagda - Odinn
Morrigan - Hela
Manannan Mac Lir - Njord
Tuirenn - Thor
Lugh - Baldur
Niamh - Freyja
You can see some similarities, however i preffer Irish Mythology, because it's from where fantasy has taken a lot of inspiration like fairies and gnomes, magic and druidism.
I’ve thought for a long time that Celtic and Norse beliefs are similar.
@Gael na hÉireann Can't agree more.
I think the Morrigan is one of the most interesting deities.
The Morrigan is probably one of the most terrifying War Goddess in any mythology. Not only is she a carnal destroyer, but she also favors cleverness and subterfuge, other two less known methods of war. In a way, her three sides are the full embodiment of warfare, and all the horrors with it. And even further with her being a sovereignty goddess, she would urge her people to be free by any means. And taking one look at what Ulster has become since the rest of Ireland was freed and it wasn’t... well....
oof,i think my name is pretty fuckin cool. "phantom queen" HECC YAH
@@usuallysarcastic4212 what?
I say Ares is more terrifying.
She is not unlike Athena in those ways; Athena was goddess of technique and craft, later generalized to wisdom. Warriors called on her for skill in battle and for the making of good plans.
Imo the Morrigan were three sisters.
The great queen is only a mystery to those she doesn't call to.
The Morrigan came to me when I needed her most. Because of her influence I've come into my real self, dark and light, angry and happy. I feel powerful now.
So True... how powerfully beautiful. Happy for you !
She's also considered the goddess of fate and change.
Totally ! Thanks for adding that !
I am consistently connected to The Morrigan; Over many years I have cared for her children and watched them thrive! They keep watch over me and warn me of dangerous things that are coming. My Crow Mates! ;-)
The banshees?
Awesome ! 🐦
really fascinating, Morrigan's seem like such ominous figures, reminiscent of the Valkyrie as well as Odin who has two ravens on his shoulders.
I used to think that Morrigan was a Scottish legend because of Darkstalkers and her Scottish accent in it. She’s a Celtic legend so that still stands (Celtic is mostly Irish and Scottish) but I did not know it was primarily known as an Irish legend.
For being a succubi too
From what you've described she sounds like an embodiment of the human fear or anxiety of death rather than a being dedicated to causing death or celebrating an afterlife like most divine beings. From prophesying death to appearing in scenarios that would likely cause death she serves as a warning that you should be afraid or to test your valor and character in the face of that fear. That's just how I understood her based on this video but I know nothing beyond what you said here. I love that you're doing Celtic mythology though, please keep it up!
the Morrigan has three aspects, one of wich: Macha, have red hair. But the Morrigan as one entity can have red or dark.
I still consider the translation of her name to be "Great Queen" rather than "Phantom Queen."
Studied celtic mythology in first year of my degree, the tree godesses and forurms of the morigan are (tree being the number of parts to almost all gods)
The beutiful blood eyed raven haired godess of battle lust and the glory that awaits those she faviours in battle and the pure joy of blood lust almost as sweet as the fourm of a young woman beneath the sheets
The crone(hag) who weeps in the fpurm of the berived mother of warriors lost to the slaughter screaming for ethernety and washing her sons cloths upon the river bank to remove his blood
The crow/raven (we only have ravens in ireland but we call them crows) the gorger of flesh and the only true victorof battles the one who feasts and grows fat on the folly of battle lust
All are the same fourm and one must acept all to gain the desired one. For instance the high king was out hunting with the men of the finna and came upon at cron as day passed into night as they mad camp by the foot of a hill the men of the finna looked on in disgust at her as she mad advances on them but she promised who ever slept with her would enjoy great ness and so the high king slept with her the cron and in the morning woke beside the beutiful godesa of the morigan and had her also befot the crow flew away over his head towards his enemies home. One must acept all tree aspect of the morigan to truly have her favor even if that is acepting your own demise
4:00 why do people think making threats to gods/goddesses is a good idea
It is euphoric to challenge a God.
They’re just foolish. They either don’t know what they’re up against or they are so caught up with their pride and self-righteousness that they don’t care.
Becuse people are stupid
Cu culain was, himself, a demigod. Obviously he got a little full of himself. He rightly was proud of his prowess, both natural and supernatural. But instead of truly apologizing for his affront he offered a backhanded one to a goddess at least as terrifying as his own godly daddy.
I really like your in depth details of all the stories,I love horror and folklore,I'm crippled in my hands and can't hold a book anymore(torture)I'm so grateful to all of your narratives
The Morrigan is in the Iron Druid books. They're also audiobooks and some are on youtube. I would recommend them if you like urban fantasy
Bodvoc King of the Dobunni tribe in the west of England in the early 1st century bc, known from inscriptions on coins minted at Bagendon, Gloucestershire.Bodvoc means invading crows!!
Thank you for this. I've only heard of The Morrigan a few times and never knew the actual tales or lore, backing or connected to it.
I've heard a lot about a crow flying overhead as a bad omen. A sign of death. I had not known that the crow flying, was The Morrigan, though.
This video was great. Really well done. I'm certainly learned a bit more about mythology, legends and lore. Many thanks, The Exploring Series. 👍
thank you so much for covering milady and queen in this vid it is so hard to find info on her at all
Dragon Age exploring series
Gotta wait for the next poll.
Please god yes
I second this! Do Flemeth first!
Agree. After Origins it lore, just like the games, went downhill.
"Some sort of sneaky...witch-theif!"
I appreciate your existence.
Great content. The Morrigan reminds me of Woden (Odin).
If you accept the (slightly cranky but nonetheless interesting) idea that the Phoenicians had a significant effect on Irish culture due to the ancient tin trade, this could be a version of Anat. She shows up in the Ugarit Baal cycle laying waste to her enemies with great glee, and is one of the few female war goddesses. Athena, one of the other notable ones, is usually considered to be her direct anthropological descendent.
The Morrigan and Banshees seem to be similar so i always assumed the Morrigan was the queen of the banshees, (Phantom Queen)
This was done very well. I'd like to see a more detailed video one her; altho she is my favorite goddess in any pantheon
This is so cool!
I’m getting shivers.
Ravens always hawk at me and make me aware that they are in the area with me.
Same everywhere I go there's ravens.
Most awesome deity in any mythology in my opinion.... Joe Donnelly wrote a sick novel about her called "The Shee" if u haven't yet u should seriously check it out an ancient evil unleashed on a modern Irish village with a truly phenomenal body count and some amazing death sequences for dif characters!
PLEASE! I BEG YOU! Make a series talking about Magic The Gathering lore! That would be amazing!!! :D
The Morrigan - Smite
I've already done some exploring of the Morrigan in my most recent DA:O play through, *if ya know what I mean*
Khamul the Black I haven't played DA:O but I think I know what you mean
What's da:o?
@@ASmartNameForMe Dragon Age: Origins
@@dovahkiinking9116 right, thanks
@@ASmartNameForMe No problemo
The Iron Druid chronicles by Kevin Hearne introduced me to the Morrigan and I love his rendition of this deity, she is my favourite mythical goddess!
Truly a great series, so glad I read it.
It's quite a good showcasing of a lot of the Irish gods (and hell a lot of the others too) with only partial tweaks to their lore.
Im on the 5th book love the celtic and irish lore so good
Eh he focuses more on the capriciousness of the old gods and less on their other aspects then I like personally.
Also, partial tweaks? Thor and Odin could be the worst, but they didn't usually go out of their way like Hearne has them, for example
My grandmother is black Irish and would tell me stories of the Fey and Norse tales as well, my family is pegan and both my mom and grandma served in the military so they always made sure to give the Morgan her due, she has always been my favorite
How can she be black and Irish?
@@teminilasebikanademola5904 Black Irish is a term to describe those that are Irish and have dark hair and dark eyes that are thought to be descendants from when the Spanish armada visited Ireland. Also, there are people of color that are born and raised in Ireland with Irish descendants. Race and nationality are two completely separate entities.
My friend apparently shares a name with one of the Morrigan's aspects, I use the word aspect because seems more appropriate than sub goddess based on my interpretation of this video
Thank you for this I am studying Celtic god and goddess for a pet project that I hope comes to pass.
Do a long one on just cuculins story ✌👍
New sub thanks 👍✌
I wonder if the Raven Queen from DnD was inspired from this deity.
Unlikely. The Morrigan was a chaotic figure, who often stretched into evil behaviours to win herself souls.
The Raven Queen, however, appears pretty much totally Neutral.
The Morrigan was quite neutral. She did what she did and no one knew *why*. Not even her fellow deities. She was an embodiment of an ancient concept- the inevitability of death. Also, in 4e, the Raven Queen had the domains of death, fate and war.
Which goes back into the Irish and Scottish saying you don’t piss off their women
Why?
As an Irish woman I'm asking, why would not pointing out something piss me off? Are you saying you speak for me?
@@QuillStroke are you pissed?
Irish person here thanks for the culture lesson
I don’t know if you’ve done this before but can you do a exploring series for the song of ice and fire ?
Agent Dovahkiin he hasn't done it but so many have that I kind of find it unnecessary
The Order of the Crows.
Will you cover cryptids such as the Jersey Devil?
Hi, I have not been able to find out who the artist is that drew that picture of The Morrigan with a crow holding her right eye in it's mouth and red hair. I saw it on the internet before while just searching a few different search terms. I found the artist before, can't remember the artist's name now or find where i wrote her name down to find the art again. I think she was from Seattle if I remember correctly. Now I can't find that particular art of The Morrigan on the internet all of sudden. I have also noticed you do not have the artist who drew that particular picture of The Morrigan listed here. May I please ask who drew that particular picture of The Morrigan with a crow holding her right eye in it's mouth and red hair please? Thank you! :)
its sad the things and knowledge we lose to history...
4:55 she's like a banshee washing someone's clothing before they are about to die
Does the Morrigan not serve the same purpose with the Irish as the valkyries do with the Norse? As in being the chooser of the slain, to find who is worthy of mag mell.
Can you do a video about Deirdre of the sorrows
Anyone else stumble across this looking up the character Morrigan? I never heard of the Morrigan until now and the similarities to the Darkstalker in uncanny.
i got this from the eighth day series (The eighth day)(the inquisitors mark)(The morrigans curse)
Yasss my patron Goddess!!
*new subscriber*
Came for vampyr
Is she in Vampyr?
Farraige yes she is the mother of the vampire that created you
Jacob Buchanan wait real shit? Morrigan is Myrrdin's mother?
Merddyn Wyllt is also a Celtic name for Merlin, adviser of Arthur who also features. You'll also note that Merddyn Wyllt tells you that Arthur failed in his mission to save Britain. This probably refers to the Celts being invaded and subjugated by Romans, Saxons and others. I think the implication is that if Mordred hadn't killed Arthur with Caliburn, the Celtic countries would have survived and become one Britain. Something which I, as someone who's extensively looked into pre-Saxon British history, doubt immensely :P
Iron Druid Chronicles!!
Ryan Gordon the ending of that series was epic yet wrecking
The morrigan is not just a war goddess. She's also the goddess of women, protection, the waters
And death?
If you do Star Wars, can you do an Exar Kun video? Like what you did with Darth Bane and Darth Revan? plz respond.
Weird, I always wanted a pet crow or raven
She reminded me of Nocturnal from Skyrim in a way
Came here because I was thinking about crows the others day.
She scares me in The Iron Druid Chronicles.
Bruh the Morigan is OP in joust. She just chills around corners in lane and picks people off.
Oooor she was all three of the woman that summarize to one thus meaning she is technically one god but lives as three
Will you cover succubus and incubus or are you afraid of demonetization?
*demonization
OK I did a back check in the tain one of her avatars does appear with red hair
There will always be hearts
Amongst men's hearts
That know relentless
Immortality.
My favorite Celtic god is Artio
She follows me as Raven, sometimes as Wolf.
When she and I dance in the Night, the blackness - pitch - sings of rich Light.
She and I will never be apart - For marriage she asked - and I gave my Heart.
In return, she offered hers. She warned that this is not a task where one can worm.
Echo - do her words, hit my heart, to change it's beat - every time that she speaks.
One mistake = WRATH to reap.
The Raven's call - I call back - The world we share - Void and black - but Within it,
There's All there Is - pure Love, always, my sweet Morrigan.
Well now Blizzard has to make a Morrigan skin for Mercy or Moira
Thus we find out where the name "Morgan" comes from.
Well, maybe. Where "Morgen" or "Morgan" has been up for debate. Some think the same as you while other Morgan came from a celtic word that has something to do with the sea or something. www.behindthename.com/name/morgan-2 (P.S, this website of names is awesome)
don't mind me just another dragonborn coming through
Fun fact, my name is Morrigan
So you're saying that Bloodraven is a Morrigan?
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What were the 3 other goddesses that the Morrigan was a part of? Was it like the maiden mother crone archetype? I’m also the 222 commenter in this lol. Lucky me 😆🍀
Badb, Macha & Nemain, sometimes as Badb, Macha & Dannan / Danu (or Anand / Anu) 🐦🌹🧚♂
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The Morrigan was the first wife of Adam in later ages known throughout the world by many names, maybe most popular of her names is Venus.
Yes indeed she was mostly known by that name at that time, indeed, later known by many names throughout the ages and cultures. Humanity has a hard time following the act of beings capable of existence across long time spans.
“mohr-REE-ahn”
Morrigan is the death goddess; not of the same type as Persephone, or Persephaxsa (these two, not the same)- a different "office"... She is the same type as, in much earlier language Hereqex'ledevex'helez (here x is like German ch, or Sumerian x). In this very ancient language, the consort of the latter, the death god, is Zucbehebmee, not the same type as Pluto or Anubis. Morrigan is like an inexorable force, true... Persephaxsa- in ancient Greek, this is the same sort of x sound; this is also true of Caxsandra, best spelling for a goddess, her mortal walk was in ancient Greece- the very same as Celtic Cleena. There are some myths about Cleena and a mortal lover, Keevan, but like most such myths, this is the work of incarnate demons. Very few of the land took these pseudo-charming tales seriously; some later scholars or historians found them noteworthy. As a interpretive principle, the only divinities who had avatars or mahavatars, anciently in Celtic land, were Niamh, one of Venus- called Aine' by the Celts (removed- her replacement is Vumefeqa); Morgan la Fay, Fortuna herself; Arthur, avatar of Artaios- most of the fabricated Arthurian tales come again from incarnate demons... Arthur was of Celtic patriarchal attribution, was friendly with the Romans; Merruddin, or Merlin- same soul as St. Germain- other names of actual gods and goddesses, cited as ancient Kings and retinue, etc. in bizarre tales- these are of demonic origins.
seems like she protects people n general, but seeks vengeance upon those who slight her, even accidentally. a typical god/goddess type figure.
Vampyr
Thank you... My Goddess gets such a bad rap in popular culture. Shes really not that bad
Morrigan the Celtic Druidess goddess of war and genocide has an interesting turn here ua-cam.com/video/jlPPngYYfOg/v-deo.html
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I pledge allegiance to the goddess morrigan... And the republic for which it stands.. One nation under god.. One nation!!!
morrigan only protect warrior willing stand ground fight to death and being viking to i get go to valhalla
Alright couple of things 1st the most superficial red hair. The morrigan is a shifter Her hair is whatever color she wants it to be. However it is near of never to my knowledge said to be read a's however said to be black in a couple of different stores at least in the stories where she doesn't take the form of a crone with grey or white hair. Keep in mind the stereotypical Irish redhead stems from norse genes and the tales of the Tuatha de dannan predate norse presence in Ireland. Now to get to the more important things she is a triple war goddess she embodies the horror of war which is also a psychopomp who conveys the dead to the other world as a chooser of the dead striker to the Valkyrie. We get glimmers of her as a fertility goddess and definitely a conveyor of sovereignty Which still remains in her bonding to and ties to the Dagda. She is not just the horror of war aspect. That was emphasized by the monks recording the tales in the process of demonizing her which isn't to say that she isn't a dark goddess but she has more than just those aspects. For those of you mentioning the iron Druid fiction series she is most certainly not The conflicted sex freak as portrayed there.
Ravens and Crows Will Peck Us to Pieces... Mors indecpeta. Morrighan Celtic Raven Goddess.
Daimon X
Morrigan: goddess of war and death, Trademark: crows
Odin : god of war and death, Trademark : crows
Norse mythology and celtic are similar
Conclusion: Morrigan is Odin's ex.
Tuxedo Steve Lucky son of a gun.
Is The Morrigan her title?
So this is Dead By Daylight’s new killer huh ? 🤔
Morr-EE-Ahn.
Generally before religouse changes in Europe women did fight in war, scotlands greatist warrior was infact a woman.
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anyone elses name morrigan? spelled like how it is?? not morgan?